7/8/2010 - Runner Caster Semenya Returns to CompetitionSouth African runner Caster Semenya,is allowed to return to professional competition after nearly a year of being subjected to gender testing by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)....

12/7/2009 - Irish Abortion Challenge Hearing This WeekThe case of three Irish women who are challenging Ireland's abortion ban will be heard by the full 17 member chamber of the European Court of Human Rights this week....

8/25/2009 - South Africa Stands Behind Athlete Targeted for Gender TestingSouth Africa is defending Caster Semenya, who won the gold medal in the women's 800 meter race at the World Championships held in Berlin last week and is being gender tested by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAC)....

10/16/2008 - Women on Waves Arrives in SpainThe Women on Waves ship will arrive in the harbor of Valencia in southern Spain today where it will remain through October 21....

7/28/2008 - Sex Testing Set Up for OlympicsBeijing Olympic officials have set up a sex determination lab to test female athletes suspected of being males, Chinese media reported yesterday....

6/19/2008 - Virgin de Panecillo Statue Flies Safe Abortions BannerOn Wednesday, the Virgin de Panecillo statue in Ecuador flew a banner with the text "safe abortion" and the phone number for a hotline that provides women with information regarding safe medical and surgical abortions....

2/17/2005 - Polish Parliament Drops Vote to Liberalize AbortionPoland's Parliament voted 199 to 183 to drop a measure that would have liberalized the severely restrictive abortion laws in a country that currently has a very powerful Catholic hierarchy....

8/23/2004 - Women on Waves Leaves for PortugalWomen on Waves will set sail for Portugal this afternoon to bring attention to the nation's restrictive abortion policies....

11/6/2003 - Women on Waves Cleared of Accusations in PolandAfter a four-month-long investigation, Women on Waves has been cleared of charges of breaking strict abortions laws by of performing illegal abortions in Poland and by introducing the abortion pill mifepristone (RU 486) into the country....

6/20/2003 - FMF Assists Women on Waves in PolandWomen on Waves (WOW), a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands whose mission is to prevent unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortions throughout the world, arrives today in Poland - where access to abortion is extremely restricted - to provide abortion and reproductive health services to women on a specially equipped ship....